Howitt, Anna Mary: An art-student in Munich: in two volumes (Band 1) (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853)

THE BUTCHERS LEAP IN THE FOUNTAIN.

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were brought and placed on a broad plank, which extended
across one side of the fountain basin.
A shout from, the crowd announced the arrival of the
butchers. First of all came the tender butcher-infants, in
scarlet coats, top-boots, and green velvet hats, borne in the
arms of their fathers through the crowd in order that they
might witness t
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A stately seal
beside them
health of the
craft. The
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remaining six f
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